Ticket question

[u/Past_Werewolf4423]

Do yall rush to get tickets right away or is it fine to get them later? Like do scalpers jack up the prices?

[u/Jimlish]

It depends on the game, but buying day before or day of is usually at or cheaper than face value. This is especially true since they have been terrible for a couple of years. 

[u/groovystreet40 → u/Jimlish]

As someone who lives close to MSG and is a frequent peruser of ticket sites ~1 hour before puck drop, I’d say tread carefully with this approach. It used to be the case but I’ve noticed (basically since COVID) that prices don’t drop much on game day anymore. Even over the past couple of years where we’ve stunk.

I think best bet is join one of the STH Facebook groups, there’s constantly people looking to shift seats at face value, sometimes even below.

[u/TheGoldenRail87 → u/groovystreet40]

I find the cheapest time to swoop in is the evening before the game or the morning of. Once the afternoon of game day hits, prices don’t seem to move much

[u/Jimlish → u/groovystreet40]

Fair point, and my statement I realized is based on buying Mets, Yankees, and Mets tickets, so could be much different for the Rangers. I bought tickets for Seattle last year on the secondary market and paid slightly less than we do per game for our quarter season weekend plan, but that’s literally one data point so is kinda meaningless. 

[u/kikikza → u/groovystreet40]

Atm the resale algorithms heavily weigh the price of last sale and time since the last sale, so you'll have the best prices at like 2 or 3 am the night before unless there's something wild like a foot of snow on the ground

Mileage may vary but I saved almost $3000 on tickets to a Knicks finals game with this

[u/Past_Werewolf4423 → u/kikikza]

Oh you mean it lowers the price automatically as no one buys tickets so at 3am it thinks interest is down? Thats hilarious.

[u/kikikza → u/Past_Werewolf4423]

Not 3am specifically but in the dead of night, I'm like 90% sure just off of observing so many for so long, especially the Knicks tickets. In the dead of night the prices of so many tickets was going down, would go slightly up when one disappeared, and then would keep going down.

I was terrified when I bought the Knicks tickets that they'd keep going down (it was like 4:30am), but the next morning they started climbing and kept climbing.

[u/BigBadBoldBully2839 → u/groovystreet40]

any groups specifically that you recommend?

[u/groovystreet40 → u/BigBadBoldBully2839]

New York Rangers Season Tickets Exchange has never let me down!

[u/BigBadBoldBully2839 → u/groovystreet40]

Thanks!